maintenance CADILLAC ESCALADE HYBRID 2011 User Guide

Black plate (1,1)Cadillac Escalade Hybrid - 2011
Service and Maintenance 11-1
Service and
Maintenance Scheduled Maintenance Scheduled Maintenance . . . . . 11-1
Recommended Fluids,
Lubricants, and Parts Recommended Fluids and
Lubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-2
Scheduled
Maintenance In addition to the scheduled
maintenance services described in
the owner manual, the following
service should be performed. Once a Year
This vehicle has a Tire Sealant and
Compressor Kit. Check the sealant
expiration date printed on the
instruction label of the kit. See Tire
Sealant and Compressor Kit on
page 10 ‑ 24 .

Black plate (2,1)Cadillac Escalade Hybrid - 2011
11-2 Service and Maintenance
Recommended Fluids, Lubricants, and Parts Recommended Fluids and Lubricants Fluids identified below are specific to the hybrid vehicle and can be obtained from your dealer. See the owner
manual for the other fluids and lubricants recommended for the vehicle.
Usage Fluid/Lubricant
Drive Motor/Generator Control
Module (DMCM) Cooling System Always use the pre-mixed 50/50 mixture of de ‐ ionized water and
DEX-COOL ®
(silicate-free) coolant available at your dealer. See Drive
Motor/Generator Control Module (DMCM) Cooling System on page 10 ‑ 9 .

Black plate (2,1)Cadillac Escalade Hybrid - 2011
i-2 INDEX
FFlat Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-23
Fluid
Automatic Transmission . . . . . . 10-6
Four-Wheel Drive
Transfer Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-11
Power Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-13
Four-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . 10-14, 9-11
Fuel Economy Gauge . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
Fuses
Engine Compartment
Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-15
Fuses and Circuit
Breakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-15
GGauges
Fuel Economy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3 H Heater
Engine Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-4
Heating and Air Conditioning . . . 8-1
High Voltage Devices and
Wiring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-15
I Instrument Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii, 7-1
J Jump Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-31
L Lights
Charging System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
Engine Oil Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4 M Maintenance Schedule
Recommended Fluids and
Lubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-2
Scheduled Maintenance . . . . . . 11-1
Transfer Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-11
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-10
Messages
Battery Voltage and
Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6
Brake System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6
Door Ajar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6
Engine Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7
Service Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
O Oil
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4

Black plate (3,1)Cadillac Escalade Hybrid - 2011
INDEX i-3
PPark
Shifting Into . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-5
Power
Steering Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-13
RRear Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
Recommended Fluids and
Lubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-2
Recreational Vehicle
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-36
Regenerative Braking . . . . . . . . . . 9-16
Replacement Parts
Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
Replacing Airbag System . . . . . . . 3-1
Rotation, Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-22
Routing, Engine Drive Belt . . . . . 12-3
Running the Vehicle While
Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-7 S Scheduled Maintenance . . . . . . . 11-1
Sealant Kit, Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-24
Service
Doing Your Own Work . . . . . . . . 10-2
Vehicle Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7
Shifting
Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-5
Specifications and
Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-2
Starting the Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-1
Fluid, Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-13
Storage
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
Storing the Tire Sealant
and Compressor Kit . . . . . . . . . 10-31
Supplement
Using . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii T Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
Tires
If a Tire Goes Flat . . . . . . . . . . 10-23
Inflation Monitor System . . . . 10-18
Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-22
Sealant and
Compressor Kit . . . . . . . . . . . 10-24
Sealant and Compressor
Kit, Storing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-31
Towing
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-17
Recreational Vehicle . . . . . . . . 10-36
Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-16
Trailer Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-16
Transfer Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-11
Transmission
Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-7
Fluid, Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-6
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7